News Forum - Flights from Myanmar arrive in Phuket

[Thaiger]

A Burmese airline launched a new flight from Yangon to Phuket International Airport. The flight will run on Thursdays and Sundays. Myanmar Airways International introduced the flight at a press briefing, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday.  The new flight aims to help migrant workers and long-stay tourists. Migrant workers in Phuket who wish to return home can purchase a one-way ticket to Yangon for 4,700 baht, according to MAI Sales and Marketing Manager Sathit Rodnimit. Sathit said that many legal migrant workers want to visit their hometowns in Myanmar.  Sathit added that the flight is also aimed at international tourists in […]

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[Marc26]

2 hours ago, Thaiger said:

A Burmese airline launched a new flight from Yangon to Phuket International Airport. The flight will run on Thursdays and Sundays. Myanmar Airways International introduced the flight at a press briefing, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday.  The new flight aims to help migrant workers and long-stay tourists. Migrant workers in Phuket who wish to return home can purchase a one-way ticket to Yangon for 4,700 baht, according to MAI Sales and Marketing Manager Sathit Rodnimit. Sathit said that many legal migrant workers want to visit their hometowns in Myanmar.  Sathit added that the flight is also aimed at international tourists in […]

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I was toying with the idea of jumping to another country when I am in Thailand in January 

 

Thought of Yangon

 

Looked at some YouTube videos and wasn't impressed at all

 

Very drab looking 

 

I don't know why, but I was expecting UT to be more like Luang Prabang in Laos

[Grumpish]

3 hours ago, Marc26 said:

I was toying with the idea of jumping to another country when I am in Thailand in January 

Thought of Yangon

Looked at some YouTube videos and wasn't impressed at all

Very drab looking 

I don't know why, but I was expecting UT to be more like Luang Prabang in Laos

Aside from the current political situation, you are 30 years too late -  like many South East Asian cities Yangon has exploded in the last two decades. 

[Marc26]

8 hours ago, Grumpish said:

Aside from the current political situation, you are 30 years too late -  like many South East Asian cities Yangon has exploded in the last two decades. 

Had nothing to do with "exploding"

 

It just seemed drab to me

 

Hanoi is much busier than Yangon and I still find it charming 

 

And Luang Prabang if the most idyllic city in South East Asia, in my opinion 

 

Although LP is rather small

[Cabra]

I personally wouldn't spend a single dollar of my own money visiting this place. Not now. 

[Soidog]

On 10/11/2022 at 12:23 PM, Marc26 said:

I was toying with the idea of jumping to another country when I am in Thailand in January 

Thought of Yangon

Looked at some YouTube videos and wasn't impressed at all

Very drab looking 

I don't know why, but I was expecting UT to be more like Luang Prabang in Laos

Probably best to avoid places that are in the middle of a civil war?  I also wouldn’t want to spend one Kyat in tax which then goes to support the Generals in Yangon.  

[Soidog]

Migrant workers or not, TAT will be banking them as “Tourist” numbers. 

[TheDirtyDurian]

On 10/11/2022 at 12:23 PM, Marc26 said:

I was toying with the idea of jumping to another country when I am in Thailand in January 

Thought of Yangon

Looked at some YouTube videos and wasn't impressed at all

Very drab looking 

I don't know why, but I was expecting UT to be more like Luang Prabang in Laos

Spent some time there about 20 years ago. My memories are of a place falling apart, literally. Buildings were crumbling, taxis and buses were all very old. Nightlife was very tame compared to Bangkok. 

On the plus side, people were great, it was cheap as chips. Shwedagon Pagoda should be on everyone's bucket too. Amazing. Nice beer too. I'd happily go back for a long weekend.